Garment fastener



A. ROCKE. GARMENT FASTENER.l

APPLICATION FILED-MAR. 17, 192i- ,Patented mm, 1922.

INVENTI? ABRAHAM Roc/ 5 ATTORNEYS PA'EET OFFIQE.

ABRAHAM ROCKE,KV F NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMEN T FASTENER.

Application filed March 17, 1921.

To all 'whom t may concern.' v Be it known that I, ABRAHAM Room, a citizen of the United States, and a residentv Y'of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county o f Bronx and State of N ew York, have invented a new and Improved Garment F astener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to. wearing apparel, and its object is to provide a new and im-A proved garment fastener' more especially designed for use on corsets and similar garments. and arranged to permit the wearer to readily close or open the corset and without danger of the corset becoming accidentally open after it is closed.

Another object is to permit of applying the fastener to the various vtypes of corset without requiring essential changes in the construction thereof.

Another object is to provide a fastener which is very simple and durable in construction and notliable easily to get out of order.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafterw shown and described and then specificallyl pointed outy in the claims. j l

A practical embodiment ofthe invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Vin which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fastener as applied to a corset, the latter being shown in closed position on the body of awoman; i

Figure 2 is an enlarged face view of theV improved fastener in closedxposition;

Figure 3 is a similar view of the same partly opened; and y Figure 4 is a cross section of the same on the line 4.-4 of Figure 2.

The busks 10 and 11 are arranged in the usual pockets 12 and 13- at the ends of the corset 14, and the busk 10 is preferably madev of a single piece of steel or 4other suitable material and is provided near its upper end with a camloop 15 and is also provided with a series of projecting lugs 16 spaced apart, as desired or required by the shape of the corset. The other busk 11 is formed of two busk membersk20 and 21 of sheet steel or other suitable material and slidingly overlying one the other. The front husk member Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Serial No. 453,100.

2() is provided with spaced headed studs 22, and similar headed studs 23 are attached to the rear busk member 21, and this stud'23 projects through al slot 211 formed in the front busk memlfier 2O adjacent the correspending stud Thus the studs 22 and 23 are arranged in pairs with each stud 22 on the front busk member 20 a short distance below the corresponding stud 23 on the rear busk member 21. The uppermost pair of studs 22, 23 coact with the cam loop 15 while the remaining pairs of studs 22, 23 coact with the corresponding lugs 16, as hereinafter more fully explained. In practice, the studs 22 and 23 are riveted on the busk members 2O and 21 and the rear rivet heads 26 of the studs 22 projecting into slots 27 formed in the rear busk member 21, as plainly shown in Figure 4.

The cam loop 15 has its opening 30 suHiciently large to permit the studs 22, 23 to pass into the opening 30, and the lower and upper walls of this opening 30 are provided with cam faces 31, 32 leading to 'recesses or seats 33 and 34. j Thus when the husk 10 is moved into closed position over the busk 11 then the studs 22. and 23 pass into the opening 30, and on now moving `the busks 10 and 11 apart sidewise the Shanks of the studs 22 and 23 are engaged by the `cam faces 31 and 32 and move towards each other to finally pass into the recesses or seats 33 and 34. lt will be noticed that by this cam action of the cam loop 15 on the studs 22 and 23 the busk members 2O and 21 are moved slidingly one on the other, that is, the busk member 2O is moved upward while the busk member 21 is moved downward.

Each of the lugs 16 is provided with a cam head si() having bottoni and ten wedge or cam-shaped edges -11 and 42 adapted to eeact with the studs 22 and 23 to lock the lugs 16 in position between the (,orrespouding pair of studs 22. 23 at the time the husk members 20 and 21 receive a sliding movement by the action of the cam loop 15 on the uppermost studs 22 and 23, as above cl2-- plained. It is understood that normally the studs 22 and of each pairy of studs are spaced apart, as shown in Figure 3, and when the busk 10 is moved into closed position and the cam loop 15 engages the uppermost studs 22, 23, as above exH lained, then the lugs 16 pass with their hea s 40 between the studs 22 and 23 of the other pair of studs. Now when the busk'members 20 and .i/ preferably,provided with ifioaoao 2l receive the sliding movement above de- #the/other, one ot the husk members having scribed then the studs 22 and 23 ttor theflugs 16 move tovrards each other/a-ndf'lock the heads et() between thgm, as 'v'ill he readily un- 5 derstood by reference to Figures l, 2 and Ll.

rEhe 'l and e2 of the heads it) are I seats Li8, lei 'for the shanks oi' the studs 22, Q3 to he seated on at the time the husk members 2O and 2l are in l0 closed position. (See `Figure their it is desired to open the corset, the user moves the upper ends ot the husks l0 and ll tovvards each other to then disengage the studs 2Q and 23 from the seats 33 and 3a and move the same into the opening 30 for disengaging the studs Yfrom the cam loop l5, as shown in Figure 3. lVhen this has been done it is only necessary to move the husks 10an`d ll apart sideivise to cause the cam edges il and 42 of the heads Ll0 ot the several lugs lto slide the studs 22 andQB oli the lugs'lG apart in a vertical direction thus freeing the heads fl-U olthese studs 22, 23 and thereby removing the corset.

From the 'foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described the wearer can readily close-or open the corset and Withoutdanger or' the corset becoming accidentally open after it is closed.- lt will further he noticed that the wearer on removing the corset has practically but to disconnect the cam loop 'l5 from the corresponding` studs i2 and 23as above described, to unlock the husk members 20 andQl, to permit the same toY slide apart vertically on the heads 4t() pressing` the corresponding studs 22 and 23 apart. t- Will also be noticed. that When the busks l0 and 1l are closed they are locked in the closed position by the cam loop 15 holding the studs 22 Vand 23 in the seats or recesses 33 and 34.

The fastener shown and described is very simple in construction and the parts are not liable to get 'out of order easily.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and ,desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a garment fastener, a pair of busks of which one is providedwith a cam loop and spaced cam lugs, and the other -is provided With spaced pairs oi' studs oi which one pair of studs is adapted to he engaged by the said cam loop and the other pairs are adapted to he engaged by the said cam lugs.

2. in a garment fastener, a pair oi husks 'ofivhich Aone is provided With a cam loop. andspaced cam lugs and the other husk is 'ma-de' of tvvo husk members one slidingly overlying the other, the said husk members being provided with studs arranged in pairs,

one pair for engagement by the said cam loop and each ot the other pairs for engagement by acorresponding cam lug.

3. in a garment tast-ener, a husk made of G5 two husk members, one slidingly overlying spaced studs and av guide slot adjacent each stud and the other having spaced studs eX- tending through said slots to slidingly connect the husk members Vwith each other, correspondingstuds or the two husk members i'oin'iing a pair of studs, and the pairs of studs being arranged in series along the husk members adjacent'to and coacting with each other for engagement with a cam loop or lug ol' a corresponding and coacting husk member. Y

4l. In a garment fastener, a pair ot busks, ot' which one is provided with a cam loop and the other husk made of husk members, one slidingly overlying the other' and having a pair of studs adapted to be engaged hy the said cam loopV toimpart a sliding movement to the said husk memhers'and to tasten the husks together.

5. ln a garment fastener, a husk provided at one end with a cam loop and spaced cam lugs, a second husk made Vof husk members, one slidingly overlying the other and having pairs o't' studs, one pair of studs-being adapted to he engaged by the said cam loop to impart sliding movement to the said second husk and to fasten the husks together, the remaining pairs of studs being adapted to be engaged `hy the said cam lugs.

6. In a garment fastener, a' husk provided at its upperv end with a loop having its inner Wall provided with cam faces, and recesses into which lead the camy races, a second husk made ot husk members, one

.slii'lingly overlying the other, oneV oi the husk members having a headed stud and a guide slot adjacent the stud, and the other having a headed stud extending through the said slot, the said studs being adapted to he engagedk bythe said cam facesoi the loop to impart a sliding movement to the said husk members and to seat the studs in the said recesses 7. in a garment fastener, a husk provided at its upper end with a loop having its inner Wall provided with cam faces, and recessesinto which lead the cam faces, a second husk made ot husk members, one slidingly overlying the other, one of the husk members having a headed stud and a guide slot adjacentthe stud,y and the: other having a headed stud extending through the said slot, the said studs being adapted to be engaged hyt-he said cam faces of theloop to impartV sliding movement to the said husk members and to seat the studs in the said recesses, spaced cam lugs on the said rst-mentionedv husk, and spaced pairs of Vstuds oni the 'husk members of the second husk and adapted to hek engaged by the said cam lugs.

8. in a garment fastener, a pair ot busks, or which one is provided Witha lug having a wedge-shaped head and the other husk is overlying the other, the busk members havinga pair 0f spaced studs between which is 10 adapted t0 pass the said head, and a 100king device having eoaeting members 0n the said busks t0 hold the said busk members against moving apart in a vertical direction.

ABRAHAM ROCKE. 

